Edgars Masaļskis

Edgars Masaļskis
Date of birth	March 31, 1980
place of birth	Riga , Latvian SSR
size	176 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 31
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1996-1997	HK Lido Nafta Riga
1997-1998	HK Riga
1998-2002	HK Liepājas Metalurgs
2002-2003	HK Sibir Novosibirsk HK Liepājas Metalurgs Mörrum GoIS
2003-2004	HK Riga 2000
2004-2005	HC Dukla Jihlava IHC Písek
2005-2006	Neftjanik Almetyevsk
2006-2007	HK Minsk HK Junost Minsk EHC Freiburg
2007-2008	Metallurgist Schlobin
2008-2010	Dinamo Riga
2009	Foxes Duisburg
2010-2013	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2014	HK ŠKP Poprad Dinamo Riga
2015	HC Ambrì-Piotta
2015-2017	HK Lada Tolyatti

Edgars Masaļskis (born March 31, 1980 in Riga , Latvian SSR ) is a former Latvian ice hockey goalkeeper who was active for many years in the Continental Hockey League at Dinamo Riga , the HK Jugra Khanty-Mansiysk and the HK Lada Tolyatti . In Germany he played for Füchse Duisburg and in Switzerland for HC Ambrì-Piotta . He was also the goalkeeper of the Latvian national team for many years . He has been an assistant trainer at Dinamo Riga since September 2017.

Career

Edgars Masaļskis began his career as an ice hockey goalkeeper in his Latvian homeland, where he initially worked for HK Lido Nafta Riga and HK Riga from 1996 to 1998 . He then worked for four years at HK Liepājas Metalurgs , with whom he was Latvian champion in 2000 and 2002 . In the 2002/03 season Masaļskis played abroad for the first time, where he played for HK Sibir Novosibirsk from the Russian Super League , as well as Mörrum GoIS from the Swedish Allsvenskan . In addition, the Latvian was again under contract with HK Liepājas Metalurgs in his home country. In the 2003/04 season Masaļskis was with HK Riga 2000 for the third time in his career Latvian champions.

A turbulent season followed in which the Latvian stood on the ice in the Czech Republic for HC Energie Karlovy Vary , HC Dukla Jihlava and IHC Písek . After a year with Neftjanik Almetjewsk in the second Russian ice hockey league, the goalkeeper moved to Belarus in 2006/07 , where he was active for HK Minsk and HK Junost Minsk . In addition, Masaļskis played 16 times in the ice hockey league for the Wölfe Freiburg .

After another season in the Belarusian extra league at Metallurg Shlobin , he moved to Dinamo Riga from the newly founded KHL in 2008 . He was injured in a robbery in September 2008 and was later suspended from his club. Therefore, Masaļskis moved in January 2009 to the financially troubled Füchsen Duisburg in the German Ice Hockey League . After the Duisburg Club was dissolved, he returned to Dinamo Riga.

On January 7, 2010 he scored his first goal in the KHL against Amur Khabarovsk , when their goalkeeper Tyler Moss left the gate, but the puck tumbled into this.

In June 2010 Masaļskis moved within the KHL to HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk , for which he was active in the KHL for three years and showed good to very good performances. He spent the second half of the 2013/14 season at HK ŠKP Poprad and was one of the statistically best keepers in the Slovak Extra League. In July 2014 he finally returned to Dinamo Riga, but was unable to build on previous achievements and was dismissed in December of the same year. Since January 2015 he has been under contract with HC Ambrì-Piotta from the National League A and replaces the injured Sandro Zurkirchen and Michael Flückiger there .

Between August 2015 and the end of the 2016/17 season, Masaļskis was then under contract with HK Lada Tolyatti from the Continental Hockey League and played 53 KHL games for the club. He then ended his career and became an assistant coach at Dinamo Riga in September 2017.

International

Edgars Masaļskis in the jersey of the Latvian national team

For Latvia Edgars Masaļskis took part in the Junior B World Championships in 1999 and 2000 , as well as the A World Championships from 2003 to 2016 . He was also in the Latvian squad at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , 2006 in Turin , 2010 in Vancouver and 2014 in Sochi .

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 Latvian master with the HK Liepājas Metalurgs
• 2002 Latvian master with the HK Liepājas Metalurgs
• 2002 best goalkeeper in the East European Hockey League
• 2004 Latvian champion with the HK Riga 2000
• 2007 IIHF Continental Cup winner with HK Junost Minsk

DEL statistics

	Playing times	Games	Gates	templates	Points	Penalty minutes	Conceded goal	Sv%
Main round	1	16	0	0	0	2	4.55	87.8
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Edgars Masaļskis at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Edgars Masaļskis at hockeygoalies.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Masaļskis: "Neuzskatu, ka vārtus guvu es"
2. ↑ Масальскис перешел в "Югру"
3. ↑ hcap.ch, Edgars Masalski's new goalkeeper for Biancoblù ( memento from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), January 9, 2015.